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Article Five Steps That Make Change Easier
June 12, 2026
In this excerpt from the new book How Change Really Work, the authors caution that "take up" of change and new ideas among your colleagues is never automatic, but must be earned. Then they present five steps for earning it.
Article Why Innovation Can’t Happen Without Playfulness
May 13, 2026 | By Scott Kirsner
Innovation can't exist in a culture that doesn't allow for playfulness, says Piera Gelardi, author of the new book The Playful Way. Yet the environment in many workplaces today is shaped by plenty of non-playful dynamics. So what do you do?
Article Is the Latest Wave of AI Leading to an ‘Innovation Winter’?
May 4, 2026
Corporations are diverting resources from innovation to fund AI initiatives. What does this mean for innovation managers? The co-authors of a new book explain.
Article What GenAI Changes for Leaders in Large Organizations
April 13, 2026
GenAI isn't just about creating new efficiencies, writes Itai Green in this excerpt from his new book. It's about shifting the company's DNA toward an innovation mindset.
Article How to Survive the ‘Stakeholder Spiral’
March 26, 2026
Every project in a big organization projects attract layers of stakeholders, each with their own interests, fears, and mental models. In this excerpt from his new book, Misha de Sterk offers advice on managing that dynamic.
Article Bridgers Wanted: A Skillset Companies ‘are Desperate For’
March 12, 2026 | By Scott Kirsner
Innovation at scale requires three different leadership roles, says author Linda Hill: architect, bridger, and catalyst. One is in especially high demand...
Article Addressing the Corporate Antibodies That Attack Open Innovation
March 11, 2026
In this excerpt from their new book, Diana Joseph, Dan Toma, and Esther Gons discuss two kinds of antibodies that often emerge to attack open innovation initiatives.
Article How to Know if You’re AI Obsessed… or AI Enabled
February 12, 2026 | By Mohan Nair, Contributing Columnist and Founder/CEO of Emerge Inc.
"People react in two ways to Gen AI," writes Mohan Nair in his latest book. "One is what I call AI-afraid, and the second is AI-obsessed." The third way is learning how to be AI-enabled.
Article Throw Out the Innovation Funnel, and Replace It With a Calendar
May 22, 2025 | By Tina Lambert
In this excerpt, marketing and innovation executive Tina Lambert calls the idea of an innovation funnel "very unrealistic," and proposes an alternative — the three-year calendar.
Article Book Excerpt: Secrets of Stakeholder Whispering
May 12, 2025 | By Bill Shander, author
"Stakeholder Whispering requires identifying your stakeholders," writes Bill Shander. "But it is also about making sure your stakeholders identify and recognize (and prioritize) their stakeholders." Read our exclusive excerpt...
Article Book Excerpt: How to Predict What Your Competitors Will Do
March 18, 2025 | By Ilya Trakhtenberg, L.E.K. Consulting, Stuart E. Jackson, L.E.K Consulting
Understanding your competition means predicting how they will react, write Stuart E. Jackson and Ilya Trakhtenberg in Predictable Winners: A Handbook for Developing, Forecasting, and Launching New Products and Services. Success requires defining your competitive set, recognizing direct and indirect competitors, and anticipating market shifts. By using competitive intelligence and...
Article Analyzing the Three-Year Rise and Fall of Corporate Innovation Efforts
February 24, 2025 | By Robyn Bolton, Founder & Chief Navigator, MileZero
The ABCs of Innovation gives you a map to make innovation last beyond the three-year mark, writes Robyn Bolton in her new book, Unlocking Innovation: A Leader's Guide for Turning Bold Ideas into Tangible Results. The three elements, Behavior, Architecture, and Culture, must be built and nurtured in tandem to...
Article Book Excerpt: An Example of an Amazon-Style PRFAQ Doc
February 10, 2025 | By Marcelo Calbucci
Used often inside Amazon, "a PRFAQ (Press Release + Frequently Asked Question) is a framework for articulating in writing an innovation, capturing the key facts, assumptions, and hypotheses for strategic decision making," writes Marcelo Calbucci. Here's an example...
Article Start with the ABCs to Get Better Performance From Your Team
February 7, 2025 | By Paula Davis, Stress & Resilience Institute
There are three essential nutrients at the heart of thriving, intrinsic motivation, engagement, and high performance at work, writes Paula Davis in her new book. They are autonomy, belonging, and challenge. Read our exclusive excerpt.
Article How to Use a Reverse Income Statement to Assess Experiments
February 3, 2025 | By Wim Vandenhouweele
How to use a simplified version of a Reverse Income Statement to define and value the experiment's key assumption(s). Includes a downloadable spreadsheet example.
Article How SAP Created a ‘Safe Zone’ for Experiments
November 19, 2024 | By Claus von Riegen
The software giant SAP employs more than 100,000 people globally, and employees are able to test-drive new product ideas with customers, almost like startup founders. Head of Strategy Claus von Riegen explains how it works.
Article Book Excerpt: 50 Proven Innovation Methodologies and Techniques
November 4, 2024 | By Gijs van Wulfen
Using a proven methodology creates confidence and trust among those who work with it, while also lowering the barrier of risk aversion, Gijs van Wulfen writes in a new book.
Article Book Excerpt: What Makes Change Agents and Leaders Successful
October 15, 2024 | By Brian Solis
Driving true digital transformation requires empowering change agents —individuals within organizations who spot opportunities for disruption and take action, even without formal authority. Read more from author Brian Solis' new book, "Mindshift."
Article Why ‘Unlearning’ Will Matter More in the Post-AI World
September 4, 2024
Unlearning could be the highest form of learning in a post-AI world, writes Terenci Mauri in his new book "The Upside of Disruption." Read our exclusive excerpt.
Article Book Excerpt: How to Use the Innovation Targeting Matrix
July 26, 2024 | By Stephen Shapiro
To help you decide on the appropriate strategies for your activities, consider the Innovation Targeting Matrix (ITM). This framework categorizes business activities into three levels: support, core, and differentiating.